Woman rescued from small suburban fire

Firefighters responded to a fire in a Burbank apartment building tonight in time to rescue a woman with a walker after other residents were able to evacuate on their own.

The alarm was called about 7:40 p.m. for the fire in the building in the 8400 block of South Harlem Avenue.

The fire was contained to one bedroom and was caused by combustibles being too close to an electrical heater, said Battalion Chief Timothy Kaufmann.

Most occupants made it out of the building safely on their own, but one older woman who relied on a walker had to be rescued with the assistance of firefighters, Kaufmann said. She refused treatment on the scene.

The fire caused relatively little damage and was put out shortly after firefighters responded, Kaufmann said.